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Sometimes at ~3:30 at Cannon, I like to stop about half way down Avalanche and shave in the mirror blue ice. I am definitely from the school of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", and therefore do not shy away from ice. Having the confidence to straightline bulletproof sections...

I agree 100%. I think that's way so many so many long-time skiers turn to snowbaording....for the new challenge. It's also why so many expert snowboarders go back to skiing...for the continued challenge. After 20 years of skiing I feel like I've got a lot to learn. After 8 years of...

I'd like to extend that request to snowboarding. I've been told that kids need to be a few years older to board. I can't tell if this is for real physical factors, or if instruction programs just haven't caught up yet with snowboarding. I've been told that the gross motor skills (i.e...

Yikes!! That's the tough part about snowbaording and inuries....compared to sking there's a much lower chance of twisting something but the severe blunt trauma is what gets you!

On alpine skis I was better than average in the bumps but still had a long, LONG way to go to. When I switched to tele I figured the bumps were a lost cause and that knee surgery was a given. Then I got the "log-stepping" advice. As you approach the next mogul simply intiate your stance shift...

Interesting stats. Not so sure about the late season A-basin (and others) theory. It's been my experience (and I could be way off) that park riders and steeps riders have very little cross over. In fact, it seems like there is actually a bigger gap between jibbers and big Mtn riders than...

I checked their website (http://www.snowsharkmonoskis.com/splitski.html) to see what they had to say. Funny, they never mention WHY you want this. From their website: "Snowshark Split Monoski Production Prototype Patent Pending This is the production prototype that will be tested over the...

When I wrote that I thought "that ham-ster clown will surely give me sh***" for saying anything about step-ins". But I decided to write it anyway, since my point was that snowboard technology is not as stagnant as some people think. Yes, step-ins don't provide the rock-solid feel that you or...

One of the best trips of my life was Whistler in March ('99). Although I've also heard rainy horror stories in March. Good luck!

You're right, the snowboard inspired technology really has done wonders for skiing. I think it goes beyond the gear too. Skiers have learned new ways to see the mountain and terrain from watching snowboarders, and vice versa. And its been to everyone's benefit. In addition to split-boards...

Interesting. I actually feel like I've seen the opposite. So far I've only seen snowborders on Tramline and Kinsman Glade at Cannon (although I'm sure skiers have been doing it). I ride and ski with a fairly large contigent of snowboarders and skiers, and while all of them are...

I used to be a liftie for the monster of all Pomas....Storm King at Copper Mtn, CO. Those of you who know it are laughing already, those of you who don't have got to see it to believe it. High speed detachable Poma with steep down ramp and very steep up ramp. Absolutely the best place to see...

Absolutely go by yourself. Save this guy the misery of listening to you complain about "knuckledraggers". The last thing he wants to do is spend good money to go to Utah with a chance to ride the sick terrain at Snowbird, Brighton, Powder, etc. and get stuck hearing you whine about how you...

Now your talking!!! WOW.

Having heli-boarded in the Chugach, worked on many a nasty fishing boat, and spent several months living aboard boats in Prince William Sound?..I?d have to agree with the H-Dog on this one. For the amount of money it costs to heli, the last thing in the world you want to do is come back to a...

I can totally relate to BjBd's point about "his" trails.... I shoveled the snow off "my" sidewalk in front of my house, and now all these frigg'n people want to walk on it. .......And until they spend some of their valuable time on shoveling sidewalks... I hate to break it to all of you but...

Tuckerbrook takes the cake for classic narrow winding New England trails. As for "in-use" trails, Ravine and Upper Cannon are some of the best anywhere. I've only hit Magic a few times over the years, so I don't know the trail names well enough, but I remember being impressed with the way...